Comments by "Matt Hayward" (@matthayward7889) on "M1 Carbine: A Whole New Class of Weapon" video.

  1. Genuinely surprised the M1 carbine didn’t come with a folding stock as standard. Would make it much more compact for its intended role
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  2. chris younts the paratrooper stock is pretty crappy, but I was thinking about a properly designed one from the beginning.
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  3. WALTERBROADDUS that’s a fair point. I assume it was the adoption of the M1 as a ‘light rifle’ that lead to the solid stock: there were plenty of sub machine guns at that time that folded.
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  4. WALTERBROADDUS you are correct, though it’s three years after the MP38 (with folding stock and Bakelite furniture)
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